Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Age: Patients of both sexes greater than or equal to 18 yrs of age 2.Patients receiving suxamethonium or rocuronium (if allergic to suxamethonium or contraindication to suxamethonium) will be included. 3.Intubations performed by anaesthesiologists who have � 3 years clinical experience following their training will be considered for the study. 4.Anaesthesiologists will use the conventional Macintosh Laryngoscope or the C-Mac Video Laryngoscope depending upon the availability and comfort.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients requiring awake fiberoptic guided intubation. 2.Patients who cannot fit within the aerosol box due to their body habitus. 3.Patients who are undergoing emergency surgery and are at risk for gastric aspiration. 4.Patients requiring double lumen tube (DLT) insertion
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time to intubation- defined as time from when the laryngoscope blade passes between the patients lips until the first upstroke of the capnograph traceTimepoint: 24 hours | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Airway manipulation time 2.The number of attempts made to intubate. 3.First pass success rate 4.Fall in saturation during the period of intubation to SpO2ââ?°Â¤ 90%. 5.Failure to intubate using aerosol boxTimepoint: 24 hours | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai.